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There are more hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water than there are stars in the solar system.
:P
I think I read somewhere we nearly were a binary star system with jupiter as the second star, if not for the rest of the gasses formed saturn which also made sure that jupiter moved out.
I remember briefly hearing that speculation but then PBS Spacetime putting that theory to bed by explaining that (IIRC) Jupiter would have to be much more massive for it to have had a chance at becoming a brown star.
Thanks
For now…
you mean the galaxy, a solar system usually has 1 star.
And a water molecule has 2 hydrogen atoms...
Woosh!
Yeah and how many hydrogen atoms are there in a SINGLE water molecule?
If memory serves, binary star systems are more common but the statement was specifically on the system around Sol
Some have more than one, and no solar system has zero stars, so the average is greater than one.
What about when the stars degrade into a dwarf?